When did "dance" and "rock" become separate terms?

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A continuation/offshoot of the "how much dance do you find rockable?" thread,

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 4 March 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

When Sgt. Pepper's came out, and rock lost the roll.

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Thursday, 4 March 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

disco split it up it seems like. anything most rock people can do to get away from gay/black cultural associations, they will do. hence 'dance.' before that (and after) people could dance to soul and funk etc. but disco went over the line. too much unapologetic 'hustle' to it? funny then that rock qua rock died with the pistols just as disco hit. see "pump up the volume," awesome BBC doc. hip hop is now fine with some of them because at least it's not gay. and it samples rock.

― dukejupiter, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

When white kids in high school started getting picked on by white kids that act like black kids or just straight black kids.

― LC, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

oh how white kids have suffered.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I know, now they have to find refuge in Flaming Lips and goatse parties.

― LC, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

what are "goatse parties"?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

http://souvienstoi.free.fr/cinema/cinema_images/pump%20up%20the%20volume.jpg

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

that one's good too

― dukejupiteh, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

The question is, do people dance to something they believe is "serious"?

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

as long as "serious" is said with a jamaican accent

― duke jupiter, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to go listen to some serious reggae.

See, the guy who says that, I don't want to be around when he's dancing.

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

My answer is here:

How much rock music do you find danceable?

― chuck, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

when "Theme From Shaft," the first disco song, came out. 1971 I think?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. "Carouselambra", tho.

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a lot of animosity in America when Beatles' arrival in 1964 overnight put out of business most the early 60s dance-craze acts - the type depicted in the film 'Hairspray'. But there was still so much danceability in Hullabaloo era rock and soul that no real demand for specialized dance music developed until later.

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 5 March 2004 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

danced to cover band versions of "smoke on the water" and "stairway to heaven" at high school dance circa 73. Disco split the big cultural divide between rock and dance. Still, I bet people dance to rock songs at whatever godforsaken clubs still play the stuff.

― lovebug starski, Friday, 5 March 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

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